I've been waiting anxiously to read the 3rd book in the Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Sabotaged: I had really enjoyed the first two.This book begins with Jonah and Katherine accompanying Andrea to the time period where she had been kidnapped. Andrea is Virginia Dare - the first English child to have been born in Roanoke County.
As they are traveling through time, Andrea takes out the elucidator and reprograms it, and then loses it, so the children arrive in a different location and different time period. It doesn't take them long to figure out that Andrea has been tricked by someone, (who they call "Second") and is using them to change history.
The three children soon find two tracers, and then rescue the man the Andrea (Virginia Dare) believes to be her grandfather. The action is fast-paced - and the adventure continues right up to the last page.
These books have a tremendous history lesson for all of us: they really make the past come alive. I found that I remembered very little of this time period, right around 1600, and it was fascinating to consider why the events happened the way they did.
Here is an interview with Margaret Peterson Haddix that tells a little more about her writing process:
I'm really excited to read the series this summer.
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